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Would like some input... - lilacskin - 04-21-2012
So my school allows Clep transfer credits. They accept up to 90 transfer credits. I was going to go for biology degree, but decided to go for a general education degree(basically 3 minors). I have a broad range of interests and since I am undecided and just want to get things over with, decided to go this route. I am 22 right now, and will probably end up going to grad school in the future. This link shows the exact curriculum General Studies Major Curriculum | Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences . I was wondering why they only show 79 credits? Shouldn't it be 120? I have noticed every program shows a different amount of credits. I mean I could find out on monday, just got a little anxious and thought maybe someone on here could enlighten me.
Would like some input... - rebel100 - 04-21-2012
I'm pretty certain there will be 120 hours (minimal) in the degree....the balance in your case probably fall under electives. Pretty common really.
Here it is: page 193 of the college handbook, http://www.fcas.nova.edu/services/catalog/undergraduate/2011-2012catalog.pdf
Would like some input... - lilacskin - 04-21-2012
Thanks for being so kind rebel. I am so bad at finding things lol.
Ok another question...what if your clep test actually covers a general and major/minor requirment. One of my minors is going to be spanish...and in order to minor is spanish you need 15 credits ...well my school accepts 12 clep credits for spanish. That being said, language credits are also part of the general ed requirments. Would that be killing 2 birds with one stone? Or do they just make you take more courses in that case?
I read in the handbook that a lot of general ed requirements end up covering some major/minor requirements.
Would like some input... - Yenisei - 04-21-2012
Those 12 CLEP credits probably cover only 100/200 level Spanish courses, and I'd be shocked if the minor didn't require some UL courses, perhaps all 15 credits. The fact that only 15 credits are required suggests to me that all 15 are going to be required to be UL. At my school, 18 were required for a language minor, and all had to be UL since beginning and intermediate language courses were required for all BA degrees.
Would like some input... - lilacskin - 04-21-2012
Yenisei Wrote:Those 12 CLEP credits probably cover only 100/200 level Spanish courses, and I'd be shocked if the minor didn't require some UL courses, perhaps all 15 credits. The fact that only 15 credits are required suggests to me that all 15 are going to be required to be UL. At my school, 18 were required for a language minor, and all had to be UL since beginning and intermediate language courses were required for all BA degrees.
Not all 15 are upper level, 8 of the credits have to be upper level. It was more of a general question, the spanish minor was just an example.
Would like some input... - rebel100 - 04-21-2012
Looks like they will require 9 credits at the 3000-4000 levels, Spanish Minor | Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences
Makes sense...9UL times your 3 minors (double check this against your other minors) =27 plus your 3 credit UL Capstone = 30 total UL credits....again pretty standard.
Would like some input... - dcan - 04-21-2012
A CLEP is simply a substitute for a class. Can you take a class and have it fill two slots? Nope. Same with a CLEP, DSST, or whatever.
BTW a recently passed away good friend and mentor of mine got his doctorate from Nova and was quite proud of it.
Would like some input... - rebel100 - 04-21-2012
dcan Wrote:A CLEP is simply a substitute for a class. Can you take a class and have it fill two slots? Nope. Same with a CLEP, DSST, or whatever.
BTW a recently passed away good friend and mentor of mine got his doctorate from Nova and was quite proud of it.
A class/or exam CAN fulfill more than one requirement. The Cultural Geography DSST applied to COSC for example fills three, non US history/global understanding/ and its a social science. It would still only count as 3 credits...but it satisfies multiple requirements.
I may be missing your point though...it is late!
Would like some input... - dcan - 04-22-2012
rebel100 Wrote:A class/or exam CAN fulfill more than one requirement. The Cultural Geography DSST applied to COSC for example fills three, non US history/global understanding/ and its a social science. It would still only count as 3 credits...but it satisfies multiple requirements.
I may be missing your point though...it is late!
OK I must have misunderstood the original question. My bad.